Early Christian Master (active c. 500), Baptism of Christ from Sta Maria in Cosmedin (c. 500), Arian Baptistery, Ravenna.

Traditionally, in Early Christian baptism, the person being baptized was nude. Mithraism and Early Christianity both performed nude baptism. This form of baptism was carried out until The Church decided that the nude figure was inherently sexual and, therefore, to be banned.

Master of the Gold Codex (Codex aureus Gnesnensis) of Gniezno, Poland (active c. 1075), Baptism of Christ (1075).

An angel holds up a white garment traditionally worn by one who had just been baptized.